COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ATA 6068 HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LEYLA KIRKPINAR

Offered to

Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to analyze political thoughts which have been produced
in Western world following Ancient Greek political thought and from French Revolution
to the end of 19th century.In this framework, concepts such as liberalism, democracy
and emergence of socialism will be taken into consideration in terms of modernity.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to apply the modern methods writing and investigating history by being loyal to scientific ethical rules.
2   To be able to understand the importance of the Ancient Greek political thought on way to interpret modern world.
3   To be able to consider effects of Roman political thought and Christian political thought on western political thought.
4   To be able to analyze how the concepts such as justice, power, liberty and equality are discussed by different thinkers and from the side of different ideologies.
5   To be able to analyze the conditions which paved way for the emergence of totalitarian ideologies such as fascism and national socialism; then s/he knows about the historical backround of anarchosyndicalism and social state.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Purpose of the course and course schedule
2 Political Thought in Antiquity I (Sophists and Socrates)
3 Political Thought in Antiquity II (Plato and Aristoteles)
4 olitical Thought in the Middle Ages (Thomas Acquinas and Ibn-i Khaldun)
5 Political Thought in the Modern Era I (Machiavelli, Morus, Bodin and Bossiet)
6 Political Thought in the Modern Era II (Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Sieyes)
7 Political Thought in Contemporary Age I (Reactions to French Revolution)
8 Midterm Exam
9 Political Thought in Contemporary Age II (Liberalism and Democracy)
10 Political Thought in Contemporary Age III (Socialism: Before and After Marx)
11 Political Thought in Contemporary Age IV (Anarchism and Revolutionary Syndicalism)
12 Political Thought in Contemporary Age V (Fascism and National Socialism)
13 Social State
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Arı, Kemal, Atatürk Ve Aydınlanma Düşünsel Temelleri Ve Gelişimi-, Yakın Kitabevi,
3.Basım, Izmir, 2010
Arı, Kemal, Türk Devrim Tarihi-I, Zeus Kitabevi, Izmir, 2011
Ahmad, Feroz, Modern Türkiye nin Oluşumu, Çev: Yavuz Alogan, 2.Bası, Sarmal Yay.,
Ist.1995
Alp, Tekin, Kemalizm, Toplumsal Dönüşüm Yay., Istanbul, 2004
Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal, Nutuk, (Haz: Zeynep Korkmaz), Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Yay.,
Ankara, 2006
Atatürk'ün Söylev Ve Demeçleri, C.I-III, Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Yay., Ankara, 1997
Aykut, Şeref, Kamalizm, Kaynak Yay., Istanbul, 2008
Berkes, Niyazi, Türkiye'de Çağdaşlaşma, (Haz: Ahmet Kuyaş), Yapı Kredi Yay., Istanbul,
2008
Kili, Suna, Türk Devrim Tarihi, Tekin Yay., Istanbul, 1995
Turan, Şerafettin, Atatürk'ün Düşünce Dünyasını Etkileyen Olaylar, Düşünürler,
Kitaplar, TTK Yay., Ankara, 1981
Tunaya, Tarık Zafer, Devrim Hareketleri Içinde Atatürk Ve Atatürkçülük, Turhan Kitabevi
Yay., Istanbul, 1981
Timur, Taner, Türk Devrimi Ve Sonrası, Imge Kitapevi, Ank., 1993

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be discoursed via various books and articles which were published related with the subject

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

40% midterm, %60 final

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70 % of class attendance is mandatory. Lecturer reserves the right to make practical
tests . notes that of these exams can be added to the midterm and final exams

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof. Leyla Kırkpınar
leyla.kirkpinar@deu.edu.tr
Dokuz Eylul University
Principals of Ataturk and Revalution History Institute
Tınaztepe Campus, 35390
Buca/IZMIR
0 232 301 79 42

Office Hours

Monday 13.00-13.45

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.14
LO.23
LO.34
LO.45
LO.53

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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